Best Universities for Mechanical Engineering in Oceania

Updated: March 15, 2026

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Oceania ranked based on their research performance in Mechanical Engineering. A graph of 7.09M citations received by 248K academic papers made by 51 universities in Oceania was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

1. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Mechanical Engineering

#1 in Australia

#46 in the World

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

2. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Mechanical Engineering

#2 in Australia

#60 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Enrollment: 77,162
Founded: 1853

3. University of New South Wales

Australia | Sydney

For Mechanical Engineering

#3 in Australia

#62 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 63,864
Founded: 1949

4. University of Queensland

Australia | St Lucia

For Mechanical Engineering

#4 in Australia

#76 in the World

Enrollment: 48,771
Founded: 1909

5. Monash University

Australia | Clayton

For Mechanical Engineering

#5 in Australia

#103 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Enrollment: 78,000
Founded: 1958

6. University of Auckland

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New Zealand | Auckland

For Mechanical Engineering

#1 in New Zealand

#134 in the World

Founded: 1883

7. Australian National University

Australia | Canberra

For Mechanical Engineering

#6 in Australia

#146 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1946

8. University of Western Australia

Australia | Crawley

For Mechanical Engineering

#7 in Australia

#202 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1911

9. University of Adelaide

Australia | Adelaide

For Mechanical Engineering

#8 in Australia

#236 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1874

10. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Mechanical Engineering

#9 in Australia

#256 in the World

Founded: 1965

11. RMIT University

Australia | Melbourne

For Mechanical Engineering

#10 in Australia

#259 in the World

Founded: 1887

12. University of Wollongong

Australia | Wollongong

For Mechanical Engineering

#11 in Australia

#264 in the World

Enrollment: 31,313
Founded: 1975

13. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Mechanical Engineering

#12 in Australia

#286 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

14. Curtin University

Australia | Perth

For Mechanical Engineering

#13 in Australia

#332 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Enrollment: 58,607
Founded: 1966

15. Deakin University

Australia | Geelong

For Mechanical Engineering

#14 in Australia

#370 in the World

Enrollment: 34,616
Founded: 1974

16. University of Newcastle

Australia | Callaghan

For Mechanical Engineering

#15 in Australia

#387 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1965

17. Griffith University

Australia | Brisbane

For Mechanical Engineering

#16 in Australia

#407 in the World

Founded: 1971

18. University of South Australia

Australia | Adelaide

For Mechanical Engineering

#17 in Australia

#411 in the World

Founded: 1991

19. University of Waikato

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New Zealand | Hamilton

For Mechanical Engineering

#2 in New Zealand

#447 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Enrollment: 10,537
Founded: 1964

20. Swinburne University of Technology

Australia | Hawthorn

For Mechanical Engineering

#18 in Australia

#455 in the World

Founded: 1908

21. University of Otago

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New Zealand | Dunedin

For Mechanical Engineering

#3 in New Zealand

#520 in the World

Enrollment: 21,240
Founded: 1869

22. University of Tasmania

Australia | Hobart

For Mechanical Engineering

#19 in Australia

#542 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Enrollment: 33,879
Founded: 1890

23. University of Canterbury

New Zealand Flag

New Zealand | Christchurch

For Mechanical Engineering

#4 in New Zealand

#546 in the World

Enrollment: 17,299
Founded: 1873

24. Macquarie University

Australia | Sydney

For Mechanical Engineering

#20 in Australia

#557 in the World

Enrollment: 38,747
Founded: 1964

25. La Trobe University

Australia | Melbourne

For Mechanical Engineering

#21 in Australia

#576 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1964

26. Auckland University of Technology

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New Zealand | Auckland

For Mechanical Engineering

#5 in New Zealand

#644 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Founded: 2000

27. Massey University

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New Zealand | Palmerston North

For Mechanical Engineering

#6 in New Zealand

#646 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1963

28. Western Sydney University

Australia | Penrith

For Mechanical Engineering

#22 in Australia

#689 in the World

Enrollment: 37,426
Founded: 1989

29. Flinders University

Australia | Adelaide

For Mechanical Engineering

#23 in Australia

#690 in the World

Founded: 1966

30. Victoria University of Wellington

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New Zealand | Wellington

For Mechanical Engineering

#7 in New Zealand

#752 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Enrollment: 21,833
Founded: 1897

31. Edith Cowan University

Australia | Joondalup

For Mechanical Engineering

#24 in Australia

#933 in the World

Founded: 1991

32. James Cook University

Australia | Townsville

For Mechanical Engineering

#25 in Australia

#982 in the World

Founded: 1970

33. Victoria University

Australia | Melbourne

For Mechanical Engineering

#26 in Australia

#985 in the World

Founded: 1990

34. University of Southern Queensland

Australia | Toowoomba

For Mechanical Engineering

#27 in Australia

#1042 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1967

35. University of Canberra

Australia | Canberra

For Mechanical Engineering

#28 in Australia

#1045 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Enrollment: 17,576
Founded: 1967

36. Central Queensland University

Australia | North Rockhampton

For Mechanical Engineering

#29 in Australia

#1086 in the World

Founded: 1967

37. Murdoch University

Australia | Murdoch

For Mechanical Engineering

#30 in Australia

#1270 in the World

Enrollment: 22,475
Founded: 1975

38. Charles Sturt University

Australia | Bathurst

For Mechanical Engineering

#31 in Australia

#1285 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1989

39. University of New England, Australia

Australia | Armidale

For Mechanical Engineering

#32 in Australia

#1598 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1938

40. Australian Catholic University

Australia | North Sydney

For Mechanical Engineering

#33 in Australia

#1610 in the World

Founded: 1991

41. Federation University Australia

Australia | Ballarat

For Mechanical Engineering

#34 in Australia

#1782 in the World

Founded: 1870

42. Southern Cross University

Australia | Lismore

For Mechanical Engineering

#35 in Australia

#1889 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

43. Bond University

Australia | Gold Coast

For Mechanical Engineering

#36 in Australia

#1903 in the World

Founded: 1987

44. University of the Sunshine Coast

Australia | Sippy Downs

For Mechanical Engineering

#37 in Australia

#1962 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1994

45. University of the South Pacific

For Mechanical Engineering

#1 in Fiji

#2232 in the World

Enrollment: 16,980
Founded: 1968

46. Charles Darwin University

Australia | Darwin

For Mechanical Engineering

#38 in Australia

#2320 in the World

Founded: 1989

47. Lincoln University, New Zealand

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New Zealand | Christchurch

For Mechanical Engineering

#8 in New Zealand

#2368 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1878

48. University of Notre Dame Australia

Australia | Fremantle

For Mechanical Engineering

#39 in Australia

#3226 in the World

Enrollment: 11,579
Founded: 1989

49. Papua New Guinea University of Technology

Papua New Guinea Flag

Papua New Guinea | Lae

For Mechanical Engineering

#1 in Papua New Guinea

#3828 in the World

Enrollment: 3,000
Founded: 1965

50. University of Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea Flag

Papua New Guinea | Port Moresby

For Mechanical Engineering

#2 in Papua New Guinea

#3832 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1966

51. Fiji National University

For Mechanical Engineering

#2 in Fiji

#3882 in the World

Enrollment: 27,065
Founded: 2010

Engineering subfields in Oceania

Acoustical Engineering51

Aerospace Engineering51

Agricultural Engineering31

Applied/Engineering Physics33

Architectural Engineering42

Automation and Control engineering37

Automotive Engineering44

Biochemical Engineering32

Biomedical Engineering36

Biotechnology49

Chemical Engineering49

Civil Engineering51

Computer Engineering40

Computer Networking51

Construction Management34

Electrical Engineering51

Electronic Engineering47

Engineering Management39

Environmental Engineering45

Firefighting and Fire Science40

Geotechnical Engineering50

Human-Computer Interaction47

Industrial Engineering30

Landscape Architecture38

Marine Engineering34

Materials Science51

Metallurgical Engineering51

Mining Engineering34

Nanotechnology48

Nuclear Engineering21

Operations Research42

Optical Engineering51

Petroleum Engineering35

Polymer science and Plastics engineering24

Product and Industrial Design30

Reliability and Quality Engineering43

Remote Sensing45

Renewable Energy Engineering43

Structural Engineering50

Systems Engineering47

Technical Drawing24

Telecommunications51

Transportation Engineering43